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Unlisted Keyhole Stomach Operation

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 43659

Covers a keyhole (laparoscopic) operation on the stomach for which no standard named service exists. The surgeon submits a written report describing exactly what was done, and the health plan reviews it individually to decide payment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Unlisted Keyhole Stomach Operation cost?

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,884 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,884$2,512 to $3,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$2,754 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $9,550Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,495
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $3,981professional $2,884

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60,255.96
Median
$81,283.05
Typical High
$107,151.93
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60,255.96
Median
$72,443.60
Typical High
$87,096.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$17,782.79
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,471.29

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Indiana than in Arkansas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Kentucky· 31st of 50

$3,467

IN $10,965AR $1,820

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.